| Description | Pony Tail Palm (Beaucarnes recurvata) is a very easy to grow "weird but lovable" plant. Forms a large caudex or swollen stem at it's base. |
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| Pronunciation | (boe-KAR-nee-uh)(reck-er-VAY-tuh) |
| Plant Type | Succulents, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 9-10, Sunset 13,16-24 |
| Sunlight | bright to direct |
| Moisture | This plant is draught tolerant, but doesn't mind a little more water if the media is well drained. Let it dry out between waterings. |
| Soil & Site | well drained |
| Growing Media | well drained to average house |
| Temperature | average house to warm |
| Flowers | white |
| Leaves | strap like leaves on top of the extended portion of the caudex |
| Dimensions | Can become tree size (over 18' tall) but usually much smaller when grown in a container. |
| Maintenance | removal of dead leaves, browning and loss of lower leaves, seems to be a natural process. |
| Propagation | seeds and division of offsets |
| Native Site | Mexico, Baja, California |
| Misc Facts | Cab be listed as a caudiciform shrub or tree. |
| Author's Notes | I have found this plant very easy to grown. If it gets to dry the edges of the leaves will turn crispy brown, but the plant won't die. The swollen stem is called a caudex. When this gets larger it looks like an elephant's foot. |
| Notes & Reference | The strap like leaves on top of the stem looks like a palm tree. The swollen base of the stem looks like an Elephants foot. This is where some of the common names originate. |
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